Environmental Compliance Assessment Audit

• Audit Title

• Business name

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• PN

• Address
  Address

• Principal activity

• Personnel interviewed

• Size of property

• Owner/operator

Environmental Management

• Does the premises/operation have any of the following in place?

• Current Development Approvals

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Property Management Plan

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Environmental Management System

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If yes can copies be obtained during inspection?

• If no, are any of the above:

• Recommended by the Industry?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Required by law?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Likely to be of benefit to the business?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Details:

• Does the property owner/manager hold licences with any of the following?

• NSW EPA EPL (water, noise, air ect)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Council (trade waste, ossm etc)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• NSW Office of Water (irrigation, water etc)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Workcover (white card, dangerous goods etc)

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Other:

• Comments:

Water quality management

• Onsite Sewage Management

• Does the business discharge to an onsite sewage management system (OSSM)?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the system have a current approval to operate?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is the system operating satisfactorily?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If not what problems are noted?

• Photo

  Media

• Management of sediment, erosion and litter

• Is there visual evidence of erosion hazards on site? E.g. Steep or unstable slopes, cleared drainage lines, bare unprotected earth.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the property/business have a plan to control runoff, erosion, sediment and litter on site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there visual evidence of natural features such as drainage lines, water bodies and existing vegetation being retained (or revegetated) around the property?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is water diverted from the property held in storage dams for later use in irrigation?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Photo

  Media

• Is stockpile material

• Located away from drainage lines?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Minimal in number and size?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Built with slope greater than 2:1?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Stored in an appropriate area?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Held on a hardened surface?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Covered?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Comments:

• Photo

  Media

• Are internal pathways and roadways stabilised to control erosion?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is vegetation or other means used to cover bare soil at all times?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Does the site have established vegetation or stabilised buffer zones to creeks and waterways?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is yes provide details:

• Photo

  Media

Drainage Management - stormwater/irrigation

• Where is stormwater from the property diverted to?

• Open channel or watercourse?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Watercourse:

• Dam?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Bushland?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Pasture?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Storage tanks/absorption trenches?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Artificial wetland?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Comments on any recommended improvements to prevent environmental impacts?

• Are buffer zones established to filter stormwater/surface water runoff before it enters any of the above?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If yes provide details:

• Photo

  Media

Water storage dams

• Are water storage dams constructed on site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Are the dams fenced and stock access limited?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• What alternative water supplies exist on site?

• Comments:

• Photo

  Media

Waste management

• Where possible are wastes reused or recycled ? Comments:

• Are wastes disposed of on site at an approved waste management facility?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If yes please specify facility:

• Are wastes stored in a manner to prevent the escape of pollutants to the environment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is any waste disposed of on site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If yes, provide details of materials and locations:

• Is any waste incinerated on site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If yes, provide details:

• Comments:

• Photo

  Media

Air quality management

• Does the business generate any of the following?

• Smoke

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Dust particles

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Odours/fumes/vapours/steam?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is there a need for air quality controls on the property?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Is air pollution likely to be a problem on this property?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Comments:

• Photo

  Media

Site Contamination

• Is there any evidence of contamination on the site?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If yes, provide details:

• Has any remediation (clean-up) been undertaken in the past, or is it planned for the future?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Comments:

• Does the condition of the facility represent a hazard to the environment or human health and safety?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• If yes, what type of remediation is proposed?

• Is the property on Council's contaminated land register?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Details:

• Photo

  Media

• Additional comments: